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Oh Betty, You Know Me Too Well
So, tomorrow is the Fourth of July and I figure half the homes in America will be making the classic flag cake with blueberries and strawberries. Not me.  Oh sure, I pulled up the Betty Crocker Web site and looked at the Stars and Stripes Cake, trying to decide if my farm share this week included enough blueberries to ma

Happy Independence Day from Candy Dish Blog
From our family to yours, we wish you a safe and fun Independence Day. Have a soda and grill some burgers and franks for me. I will be in Canada, wondering why nobody is shooting off fireworks or making good use of all the gummy shot glasses I know they must have prepared for the holiday. If nothin

Peanut Butter Chocolate Caramel Apple
Double Dipped Sweets tweeted recently about something that made my ears perk up and made me go nuts for a couple minutes. No, it wasn’t Mary-Louise Parker or even circus peanuts, although those are good guesses. Look

Photo Wednesday: Canada Day Candies
Happy Canada Day! This photo by Flickr user Zorbs isn’t necessarily a spectacular photo in terms of composition or lighting but part of what makes a picture special has nothing to do with the technical aspects of photography. This photo is special because it captures the festivity of an important day. Red and white Smarties emblazoned with a maple leaf – it doesn’t get much more celebratory than that!

The World’s Top Ten Best Selling Candies
Many thanks to loyal reader Kristin, whom you can see in the picture at right, hiding behind the candy fortress and my coffee cup, for sending me an article about the world’s top ten best selling candies. It’s really a very interesting analysis about the global confectionery market a